Survey Description

225 till samples were collected in the course of surficial mapping on Devon Island in 1993-1994. Most till samples were collected from hand-dug pits, at a depth of 20-30 cm in the centres of patterned ground cells (i.e. sorted and non-sorted circles, nets, stripes etc.). Only those areas accessible to ground traversing were sampled. The interior of the study area was not well sampled. The data are published in Geological Survey of Canada Open File 3907.

Data Description:

Paper report and data diskette.

Quantities Analysed:

<0.002 mm fraction for 34 elements by ICP-AES after an aqua regia digestion.

Project History

Geographic Extent

Minimum Latitude

Maximum Latitude

Minimum Longitude

Maximum Longitude

74.4°

77°

-98°

-80°

The geographic extent of the survey is defined by the following polygons:

Covers parts of NTS 48E, F, G, H, 58E, F, G, H and 59A, B on Devon Island, Nunavut. It is bounded to the south by Lancaster Sound, to the west by Wellington Channel and to the northeast by Jones Sound.

Covers part of NTS 58F/12 on Griffith Island, Nunavut. It is located in Barrow Strait, south of Cornwallis Island

Covers part of NTS 68E/10, Lowther Island, Nunavut. It is located in Barrow Strait, southwest of Cornwallis Island.